The threat from extreme weather events highlights the importance of investing in preparedness. — Sheri Fink Climate Copy Share Image
“They made a beautiful couple, with personalities as different as their heights.” — Sheri Fink Beauty Copy Share Image
Being your authentic self is the ultimate secret to happiness in life! — Sheri Fink Authentic Copy Share Image
Every day is a great day to give love, spread joy, and SPARKLE! — Sheri Fink Every day Copy Share Image
“When I made my mother a DNR, I did not know it meant "do not rescue.” — Sheri Fink Healthcare Copy Share Image
“We do not wish to capitalize the sufferings of human beings, but to relieve them.” — Sheri Fink Relieve Copy Share Image
The moral values, ethical codes and laws that guide our choices in normal times are, if anything, even more important to help… — Sheri Fink Anything Copy Share Image
Of course, no matter how hard we try to be objective as reporters, our life experiences and personal circumstances influence our journalism,… — Sheri Fink Choices Copy Share Image
There are places in the world that the power goes out in hospitals, and there isn't clean water, and it's horrific. — Sheri Fink Clean Copy Share Image
In the United States, Western Europe and Japan, there is widespread access to dialysis, most of it publicly funded. But in many… — Sheri Fink Access Copy Share Image
Before journalism, I had worked doing medical aid work in conflict zones. Then, as a journalist, I had written about hospitals in… — Sheri Fink About Copy Share Image
Often in life, the most important question we can ask ourselves is: do we really have the problem we think we have? — Sheri Fink Asks Copy Share Image
Our dreams are expressions of our inner beauty. I've learned that it's completely okay to want whatever you want. — Sheri Fink Beauty Copy Share Image
“But what does the “greatest good” mean when it comes to medicine? Is it the number of lives saved? Years of life… — Sheri Fink Greatest Copy Share Image
Having worked in disasters, I have seen that, in those critical first few hours, those first few days - so much ends… — Sheri Fink Always Copy Share Image
Be an advocate for your loved ones in the hospital. Ask tough questions of your local hospital and health system about preparedness… — Sheri Fink About Copy Share Image
Also, and this may sound naïve, but since my early days in journalism, I've felt that getting as close as possible to… — Sheri Fink Conclusion Copy Share Image
“Rather than thinking about exceptional moral rules for exceptional moral situations,” Harvard’s Dr. Lachlan Forrow, who is also a palliative care specialist,… — Sheri Fink Character Copy Share Image
It is human nature to be shortsighted and to lose momentum to make changes once the story is out of the headlines… — Sheri Fink Better Copy Share Image
If you ever face a significant disaster, do your best to keep up the spirits of those around you, act flexibly and… — Sheri Fink Act Copy Share Image
“The scenario was familiar to students of mass disasters around the world. Systems always failed. The official response was always unconscionably slow.… — Sheri Fink Around the world Copy Share Image
“Despite the request, and the fact that executives from some Tenet hospitals, like Atlanta, had already expressed a willingness to provide evacuation… — Sheri Fink Copy Share Image
“A day later, a fax came into the unit from an attorney for LifeCare Hospitals of New Orleans. It reported that nine… — Sheri Fink New orleans Copy Share Image
“As they discussed disaster preparedness that afternoon, Rick Simmons argued that Katrina showed what worked best was a central, top-to-bottom command. He… — Sheri Fink Disaster preparedness Copy Share Image
“Life and death in the critical first hours of a calamity typically hinged on the preparedness, resources, and abilities of those in… — Sheri Fink Death Copy Share Image
A patient healthy enough to undergo a kidney transplant might someday no longer need dialysis. That would free up a slot for… — Sheri Fink Dialysis Copy Share Image
The journalistic code of ethics governing the broadcasts requires that opposing views be presented, and that journalists' personal opinions or judgments be… — Sheri Fink Code Copy Share Image
But we have gone so far in the direction of over treating terminal patients that we've failed to recognize when we're doing… — Sheri Fink Gone Copy Share Image
“When deciding whether or not to go for your dream, remember that you don't need a bigger net, you just need bigger… — Sheri Fink Deciding Copy Share Image
“Concepts of triage and medical rationing are a barometer of how those in power in a society value human life.” — Sheri Fink Human life Copy Share Image
Is the care of the dying man truly robbing care from the poor man? How reliably can we know when someone is… — Sheri Fink Care Copy Share Image
Ever since Katrina, there has been a proliferation of efforts at the state level and among hospital administrators to come up with… — Sheri Fink Administrators Copy Share Image
It remains to be seen the extent to which the critical needs of seniors in low income high rises, people with home… — Sheri Fink Adequately Copy Share Image
That being said, even if we cannot achieve it, journalism that strives toward objectivity and fairness has an important place in our… — Sheri Fink Achieve Copy Share Image
Alignment = Magic & Miracles ... Keep your standards high. YOU are worth it! — Sheri Fink Alignment Copy Share Image
“There is no justice without power and humanitarian compassion is not power. (Dr. Eric Dachy)” — Sheri Fink Compassion Copy Share Image
There is a tomorrow after a disaster, and it's sometimes hard to remember that in the midst of it. — Sheri Fink After Copy Share Image
When Katrina struck in 2005, roughly 300 deaths were recorded at hospitals, long-term care facilities and in nursing homes, according to a… — Sheri Fink According Copy Share Image
“Good should be done regardless of the difficulties of the time and regardless of the level of power or importance that one… — Sheri Fink Time Copy Share Image
